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. >> reporter: eben alexander had been stricken with an extremely rare and virulent e. coli meningitis infection that was ravaging his brain, plunging him into a coma. >> i mean, i was trying to die. >> reporter: in fact, doctors gave him almost no chance to live and told his family if he did survive, he'd be brain damaged for the rest of his life. >> his eyes were just off and cocked just like no one was there. >> reporter: eben believes holly is right. he wasn't there. did you go to heaven? >> yes. in every sense of the word, that's what my -- what my experience showed me. >> reporter: his first recollection, he says, was being a speck of pure awareness in a dark and murky underworld. >> and then i was rescued by this beautiful spinning white light that had a melody, indescribably beautiful melody with it that opened up into a bright valley, just an incredible, rich, ultra-real world of indescribable complexity. >> reporter: god was there, he says, and he encountered him through an orb of brilliant light. he soared on the wing of a butterfly with a beautiful young wom
. >> reporter: eben alexander had been stricken with an extremely rare and virulent e. coli meningitis infection that was ravaging his brain, plunging him into a coma. >> i mean, i was trying to die. >> reporter: in fact, doctors gave him almost no chance to live and told his family if he did survive, he'd be brain damaged for the rest of his life. >> his eyes were just off and cocked just like no one was there. >> reporter: eben believes holly is right. he wasn't...
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eben alexander is a harvard neurosurgeon who nearly died four years ago when a ferocious e. coli meningitis infection attacked his brain and plunged him deep into a coma for a week. brain scans showed that all of the parts of his brain that make us conscious, thought, memory and understanding, were not functioning. >> they should be a very rich network of them all through both sides, and yet we don't really see that because they're all filled with thoughts. >> reporter: doctors gave him up for dead, but after a week, eben alexander awoke, he says, with a wondrous memory. did you go to heaven? >> yes. i was rescued by this beautiful spinning white light that had a melody, indescribably beautiful melody with it that opened up into a bright valley. >> reporter: god was there, he says, as a vast presence of love, and eben says there was a young woman who soared across heaven with him on a butterfly wing and who gave him a message to take back. >> the concepts came straight into my mind. "you are loved. you are cherished. there's nothing you have to fear. there's nothing you can
eben alexander is a harvard neurosurgeon who nearly died four years ago when a ferocious e. coli meningitis infection attacked his brain and plunged him deep into a coma for a week. brain scans showed that all of the parts of his brain that make us conscious, thought, memory and understanding, were not functioning. >> they should be a very rich network of them all through both sides, and yet we don't really see that because they're all filled with thoughts. >> reporter: doctors gave...
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. >> reporter: a mild afternoon in lynchburg, virginia and eben and holly alexander are at a high school soccer camp cheering on their son. they are a perfectly ordinary family with an extraordinary story. they have been touched by a medical miracle and maybe more. >> i mean, it was impossible after impossible after impossible. >> reporter: eben alexander, a harvard-trained neurosurgeon who was a skeptic when came to religion survived a near-death experience and he now carries the memory of what he says was a journey to heaven. a journey that all his scientific training cannot explain. on november 10th, 2008 eben awoke with a searing headache. when his wife holly checked in on him he was having a tremendous seizure. >> i said, say something. he didn't say anything so i called 911. >> reporter: eben was rushed to the hospital. >> the only word woe could truly make out was help and the rest of his verbalization was purely screaming. >> reporter: he had been stricken with an extremely rare and virulent e. coli meningitis infection that was raf rajjing his brain plunging him into a coma. >>
. >> reporter: a mild afternoon in lynchburg, virginia and eben and holly alexander are at a high school soccer camp cheering on their son. they are a perfectly ordinary family with an extraordinary story. they have been touched by a medical miracle and maybe more. >> i mean, it was impossible after impossible after impossible. >> reporter: eben alexander, a harvard-trained neurosurgeon who was a skeptic when came to religion survived a near-death experience and he now carries...
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eben alexander is a harvard neurosurgeon who nearly died four years ago when a ferocious e. coli meningitis infection attacked his brain and plunged him deep into a coma for a week. brain scans that show the parts that give us consciousness, thought and memory were not functioning. >> they should be a very rich network of them all through both sides. yet we don't really see them because they're all filled with pus. >> reporter: doctors gave him up for dead. but after a week, eben alexander awoke with, he says, a wondrous memory. did you go to heaven? >> yes. i was rescued by this beautiful spinning white light that had a melody, indescribably beautiful melody with it that opened up into a bright valley. >> reporter: god was there he says as a vast presence of love and eben says there was a young woman who soared across heaven with him on a butterfly wing and gave him a message to take back. >> the concepts came straight into my mind. you are loved, you are cherished, there is nothing you have to fear, there is nothing you can do wrong. >> reporter: and that woman, after he r
eben alexander is a harvard neurosurgeon who nearly died four years ago when a ferocious e. coli meningitis infection attacked his brain and plunged him deep into a coma for a week. brain scans that show the parts that give us consciousness, thought and memory were not functioning. >> they should be a very rich network of them all through both sides. yet we don't really see them because they're all filled with pus. >> reporter: doctors gave him up for dead. but after a week, eben...
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all is well. >> reporter: within weeks, eben alexander had made an astonishing full recovery. what was it like to all of a sudden have basically a sixth sense, an awareness that there was something other than the physical world that surrounds us every day. >> i r had to completely rethink everything i had come to believe in. 30 years of science, chemistry, biology, everything i knew about the brain, mind, consciousness, i had to start over at square one. >> how are you different from going through this experience? >> my family said i am nicer. >> really it's changed me in every way by realizing that our souls are eternal. >> reporter: the book he has written, "proof of heaven," has sparked a lot of controversy. you know you do have skeptics out there who are just saying it's not uncommon for people near death to have all sorts of funky things going on inside their bodies. >> well, that's why the fact that i had meningitis that was so severe, i mean, that should not have allowed for any experience. >> reporter: dr. alexander maintains his brain was so completely shut down that
all is well. >> reporter: within weeks, eben alexander had made an astonishing full recovery. what was it like to all of a sudden have basically a sixth sense, an awareness that there was something other than the physical world that surrounds us every day. >> i r had to completely rethink everything i had come to believe in. 30 years of science, chemistry, biology, everything i knew about the brain, mind, consciousness, i had to start over at square one. >> how are you...
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eben alexander almost died four years ago. now, he has his book, "proof of heaven." >> reporter: eben alexander is a healthy, 58-year-old harvard-trained neurosurgeon. an expert of science. did you go to heaven? >> yes. >> reporter: four years ago, alexander nearly died from a massive brain infection that plunged him into a coma and shut down nearly his entire mind. he was barely alive in this world. but he says he journeyed elsewhere. >> i was rescued by this beautiful, spinning white light that had a melody. indescribable beautiful melody, that opened up in a bright valley. >> reporter: he says god was there, and a vast presence of infinite love. he met a young woman, he says, his guide as they soared on a butterfly wing. and she gave him a message from heaven. >> you are loved. you are cherished. there's nothing you have to fear. there's nothing you can do wrong. >> reporter: a lot of people are going to say, doctor, it was a hallucination. >> i know this was not a hallucination. not a dream. not what we call a confabulatio
eben alexander almost died four years ago. now, he has his book, "proof of heaven." >> reporter: eben alexander is a healthy, 58-year-old harvard-trained neurosurgeon. an expert of science. did you go to heaven? >> yes. >> reporter: four years ago, alexander nearly died from a massive brain infection that plunged him into a coma and shut down nearly his entire mind. he was barely alive in this world. but he says he journeyed elsewhere. >> i was rescued by this...
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neurosurge yon eben alexander. >> i would absolutely believe it and take it seriously. >> reporter: two people with the same message. heaven is real. for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> i have read "proof of heaven." it's a fascinating read. is this something you discuss, spirituality on the show? >> yeah. i think the latino community is very spiritual. you can see god anywhere you want to. we're people of faith. our audience is, too. whoever watch this is story will feel it. >> it's amazing. >> nonbelievers, fair to say? >> if you love the dance. >>> back staij of "dancing with the stars." a big fight tonight. the bottom couples getting their second chance after being saved bay voting mishap last week. christina milian has a look at how they're getting ready. >> reporter: tonight could be their last chance to dance. jack osbourne and cheryl burke hope to survive with a jaif. you dance as if this is your last dance. >> reporter: bill engvall and emma slater. >> everybody is crunching. >> reporter: both couples still stunned they were not eliminated last mond
neurosurge yon eben alexander. >> i would absolutely believe it and take it seriously. >> reporter: two people with the same message. heaven is real. for "good morning america," linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> i have read "proof of heaven." it's a fascinating read. is this something you discuss, spirituality on the show? >> yeah. i think the latino community is very spiritual. you can see god anywhere you want to. we're people of faith. our...